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Denfeld visits Silver Bay in girls basketball, 6 p.m. Game Notes: The Hunters (0-1) lost their 2023-24 season and home opener against North Branch 75-24 last Friday. The Mariners are 0-3. Denfeld visits Hermantown in boys basketball, 7 p.m. Game Notes: Both teams opened their season in the

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Steve Korby: Cloquet basketball historical teams ranking

1963 Cloquet Boys – Lost to Marshall by one point, 75-74, in what many sport historians call the greatest Minnesota state championship game ever. Mike Forrest’s last second shot in and out. Forrest, Dave Meisner and Denny Breitbarth chosen as All State. Coached by young Ben Trochill  1958 Cloquet Boys

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Quote Me, Howie: 'Risky Roger' Reinert, Loren Martell

Quote Me, Howie: 'Risky Roger' Reinert, Loren Martell

Duluth mayor-elect 'Risky Roger' Reinert on what he's been up to since blitzing incumbent Emily Larson in the November 8 general election – "If possible, I'm busier now than I was during the campaign. Actively winding up my legal work, and finishing the semester

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Award-winning Pine Knot News celebrates fifth anniversary

The Pine Knot News observed its fifth anniversary at the end of October rather quietly, because staff members at the independent locally owned newspaper were busy working. From humble beginnings in October of 2018 when its five owners mailed free copies across northern Carlton County, the Pine Knot News has

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Howie's Sports Notebook, Sunday
Hunters senior defenseman Nolan Udd. Howie / DenfeldHunters.com

Howie's Sports Notebook, Sunday

Class 1A/top-rated Hermantown clipped 2A/No. 7 Cretin-Derham Hall 2-1 and skated to a 3-3 overtime tie against 2A/No. 5 Hill-Murray in a high school boys hockey season-opening road back-to-back this weekend. The Hawks, skating with six sophomores who gained their first varsity experience since moving up from

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Health care unions fight stagnant pay and rising burnout — and other labor news
Lynn Gevik, a psychiatric nurse practitioner at Essentia Health, speaks at a press conference announcing a union drive by hundreds of advanced practice practitioners on Nov. 28, 2023. Screenshot from Minnesota Nurses Association.

Health care unions fight stagnant pay and rising burnout — and other labor news

By Max Nesterak, Minnesota Reformer Take a seat in the Break Room, our weekly round-up of labor news in Minnesota and beyond. Essentia nurse practitioners and physician assistants file for union More than 350 Essentia Health nurse practitioners and other advanced practice providers could vote to unionize with the Minnesota

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Hermantown Sports This Week

TUESDAY Boys Basketball – host Duluth Denfeld, 7 p.m. Game Notes: A possible preview of a Section 7AAA playoff game, in the first game of a home-and-home Lake Superior Conference regular season series. The Hawks are led by 6-foot-4 senior power forward Abe Soumis, a HowieHanson.com 2023-24 Preseason First

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Quote Me, Howie: Fred Friedman, Jerry DeMeo

The legendary Fred Friedman, a unanimous first-team selection at power forward on my All-YMCA Noontime Basketball Team, on Bulldogs and Gophers hoops – "I very much want both UMD and the U to excel in women’s and men’s basketball. And I want Ben Johnson to succeed. But every

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Lake Superior College to host fall graduation reception

Lake Superior College credential-earning students will be honored at a fall graduation reception on Monday, December 4 on the main campus. Although these students are invited to participate in the May 13, 2024, commencement ceremony at the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, the reception celebrates their official completion this month. This

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2024 Saturday Morning at the Races registration underway

Registration has opened for the popular Saturday Morning at the Races series, which provides an opportunity for hundreds of area kids to stay active during the winter months. The Young Athletes Foundation (YAF) and Grandma’s Marathon will partner with three area colleges this winter for the 2024 series, giving

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Four Duluthians arrested for sale of controlled substances

Members of the Lake Superior Violent Offender Task Force along with numerous other agencies on Thursday afternoon arrested four individuals – 33-year-old Jonathan Thompson, 39-year-old Bruce Thompson, 25-year-old Eric Thompson Jr, and 26-year-old Dejuan Peters – on pending charges of 1st Degree Sale of a Controlled Substance.  Search warrants were executed at

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Friday Prep Notebook

TODAY'S GAMES BOYS BASKETBALL Duluth Denfeld vs. Kasson-Mantorville, Hermantown Big Lake at Hermantown Grand Rapids at Little Falls Cook County at South Ridge Cromwell-Wright at Floodwood Rush City at Greenway North Branch at Pine City Hill City at Ely Braham at McGregor Nashwauk-Keewatin at Barnum Two Harbors at

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Thursday Night Prep Scoreboard
Cherry sophomore power forward Noah Asuma reached the 1,000-point plateau for his career in tonight's victory. Submitted

Thursday Night Prep Scoreboard

BOYS BASKETBALL Cherry 109, Deer River 50. The Tigers (1-0) will host Mountain Iron-Buhl on Monday at 7 p.m. Cloquet 76, Hibbing 70 Northwestern 103, Hayward 64 BOYS HOCKEY 2A/No. 16 Duluth East 4, Bemidji 0. The Greyhounds (1-3) visit 2A/No. 4 Wayzata Saturday afternoon. Class 2A/

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